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    FX 3700m driver for an m15x Ripley

    Discussion in 'Alienware Area-51/Aurora and Legacy Systems' started by sakawas, Jan 7, 2011.

  1. sakawas

    sakawas Newbie

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    Hello,
    I just bought from ebay, a couple of days ago an FX 3700m video card, HP branded, pn NB9E-GLM3, which I intended to install in my m15x laptop.
    I tried everything I could find here with it, even flashed it with GTX 280m or FX 370m vbios I've found on other threads.
    I must admit that I just can't find any driver at all to recognize it, except those from laptopvideo2go with modded .inf which do recognize it but still aren't working (on restart vid. adapter would still be std. vid.).
    I noticed that some of you did make it work or did find adequate drivers for it and I would really really appreciate any hints on this issue.

    Thank you!
     
    sakawas, Jan 7, 2011
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    V3_Shae Notebook Consultant

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    You posted in the wrong section, it will probably get moved soon, though.
     
    V3_Shae, Jan 7, 2011
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  3. tik987

    tik987 Notebook Enthusiast

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    did you get this working?
     
    tik987, Jan 25, 2011
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    tik987 Notebook Enthusiast

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    anyone know if the FX 3700 is compatible and is in good working order on the m15x?
     
    tik987, Jan 25, 2011
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  5. darkloki

    darkloki Notebook Deity

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    If it's MXM 2.1 it should work fine, although you might have HDMI problems.
     
    darkloki, Jan 25, 2011
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  6. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    If you have HDMI problems, try flashing a 280m or 9800m vbios onto the card. I did try it, seems like it with either make the card unstable (as in my case) or it might work (I think niffcreature got it to work with a newer card).
     
    moral hazard, Jan 25, 2011
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  7. tik987

    tik987 Notebook Enthusiast

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    alright awesome thanks for the info!
    i think if its like how it is..then its risking it sounds like..
    rather would not dare to try it.
     
    tik987, Jan 25, 2011
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    niffcreature ex computer dyke

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    There is no risk at all because it is a driver issue. Not the m15x driver issues, this is goes for any 3700m. If you have a card that wont accept the 280m vBIOS, it will still work and windows will boot but the drivers wont load, its not dangerous at all if you flash correctly.

    on an off note, I take it you all know you need the x36 BIOS for the m15x to run these cards at all.

    - BTW - watch your temps

    The 280m runs TOO HOT in the m15x and the 3700m runs EVEN HOTTER. I honestly don't believe it is safe at stock voltages.
    If I were you I'd try running 500/1250mhz at 1v. It was stable for me on a few cards but it depends on your particular one.
    Here, I modded the gtx 280m vBIOS for those clocks and voltage:
     

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    niffcreature, Jan 26, 2011
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  9. tik987

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    awesome thanks for the great info.
    But like you said its only particular cards that would accept that bios change.
    i would not risk buying the card and not being able to get the bios on there correctly.
     
    tik987, Jan 27, 2011
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    niffcreature ex computer dyke

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    Yes, thats what I was saying. The cards that will not accept it still work 100% in vga compatibility mode with the 280m vbios.

    There is no more risk than with any vbios update, trust me.
     
    niffcreature, Jan 28, 2011
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